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Blog Tour Stop with Extract - Married at First Swipe by Claire Frost


Welcome to my stop on the blog tour for Married At First Swipe by Claire Frost! I have an exclusive extract for you today and I'm so excited to share it!


What They Say:

The brand new novel from the author of acclaimed debut Living My Best Life. Perfect for fans of Helly Acton, Mhairi McFarlane and Laura Jane Williams.  
 
 
Hannah lives life on the edge. Never one to pass up on a new adventure, she has truly been living her best life. But once the adrenaline wears off, she wishes she had someone to spend the quieter moments with too. Learning that her best friend’s online dating business has taken a hit, she comes up with an idea that just might solve both of their problems...  

Jess has been with her husband for twenty years. They have a stable marriage, great kids and run their own businesses. But what looks like a perfect life from the outside has its own problems within, and with her business on the brink Jess can’t help but wonder where the spark has gone in her life, and whether settling down is all it’s cracked up to be. 

When Hannah embarks upon her latest scheme: finding a man using Jess’s dating app and meeting him for the first time at the altar, both women start to realise the grass isn't always greener. Can Hannah help her friend save her failing business or will Jess stop her from making what could be the biggest mistake of her life? 

In the modern tech-fuelled world of dating, is it possible to find true love? 

Exclusive Extract, just for you!

Jess

One of the few qualities Hannah had inherited from her dad was his ability to mix the strongest, most moreish gin and tonics known to humankind. Which was why she and Jess were already halfway through the bottle of ‘small-batch, artisan gin, distilled just three times a year when Mercury is in retrograde’ at 7 p.m.

‘Andy and Pippa must have been very grateful to send you a bottle of such wanky, overpriced gin,’ Hannah said as she glugged the rest of the clear liquid in her glass. ‘Though I’m definitely not complaining. It tastes delicious.’

‘I’m so happy they’re engaged.’ Jess smiled. ‘They really do seem made for each other. And the fact they met through Save The Date means I’m even happier. So if they want to send me a bottle of Mystic Meg’s tears, I’ll drink it. And on that subject, you need to do your bartender bit again – we need filling up. Plus, I’ve just remembered, I’ve got a packet of crisps in my bag that I didn’t eat at lunchtime – cheese and onion McCoys will go perfectly with a big G and small T.’ Once they were both happily sipping and crunching away, Jess nudged her best friend and said, ‘So, how did your second date go the other night? I haven’t had a chance to ask you properly.’

‘Well, let’s just say I must have been very drunk to agree to a second date as there’s definitely not going to be a third.’ ‘Why? He seemed all right when I checked out his profile on the app. His pictures looked fairly normal and he didn’t say he was ideally looking to marry a woman aged sixteen to twenty-one.’

‘But neither did he admit to still living at home aged thirty-nine or his bedroom being a shrine to The Avengers. He saved that information for last night. Oh, and Captain America is his favourite character – despite everyone else knowing he is the shittest of all the Avengers.’

About The Author:

Claire Frost grew up in Manchester, the middle of three sisters. She always wanted to do a job that involved writing, so after studying Classics at Bristol University she started working in magazines. For the last 10 years she's been at The Sun On Sunday's Fabulous magazine, where she is Assistant Editor and also responsible for the title's book reviews. She can mostly be found at her desk buried under a teetering TBR pile. Her first book, Living My Best Life, was published in 2019.


I haven't read this wonderful sounding book yet, but I have been sent a review copy and I will share my thoughts with you as soon as I have read it. I'm really excited!


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